Nile Delta
The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers 240 km of Mediterranean coastline and is a rich agricultural region.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Mit Damsis wa Kafr Abu Girg
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mit Damsis wa Kafr Abu Girg is a village situated 3½ km southeast of Nile Delta.
Abusir Bana
Photo: Néfermaât, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Abusir Bana, anciently known as Busiris, is a village in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. Abusir Bana is situated 8 km northeast of Nile Delta.
Nile Delta
- Type: Delta
- Description: delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River drains into the Mediterranean Sea
- Categories: river delta and landform
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.85° or 30° 51' northLongitude
31.2° or 31° 12' eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open Location Code
8G2HR5XX+XXGeoNames ID
351037Wikidata ID
Q179528Nile Delta Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Asafi n Nnil
- Afrikaans: Nyldelta
- Arabic: Delta nga Nilo
- Arabic: الوجه البحري
- Arabic: دلتا النيل
- Arabic: دلتا النيل
- Arabic: دلتا مصر
- Arabic: دلتا نهر النيل
- Arabic: مصر السفلى
- Arabic: وجه بحري
- Armenian: Նեղոսի դելտա
- Asturian: Nilu
- Asturian: delta del Nilu
- Avaric: Нилалъул Дельта
- Azerbaijani: Nil deltası
- Basque: Niloren delta
- Belarusian: Дэльта Ніла
- Bengali: নীল বদ্বীপ
- Bhojpuri: नील के डेल्टा
- Bhojpuri: नील डेल्टा
- Bhojpuri: नील नदी के डेल्टा
- Bosnian: Delta Nila
- Bulgarian: Делта на Нил
- Bulgarian: Делтата на Нил
- Catalan: Delta del Nil
- Catalan: delta del Nil
- Cebuano: Nile Delta
- Chinese: 尼罗河三角洲
- Chinese: 尼羅河三角洲
- Croatian: Delta Nila
- Czech: Delta Nilu
- Czech: Nilská delta
- Danish: Nildeltaet
- Danish: Nilens Delta
- Dutch: Nijldelta
- Egyptian Arabic: الدلتا
- Egyptian Arabic: دلتا النيل
- English: Delta n-Nīl
- English: ed-Delta
- Esperanto: Delto de Nilo
- Esperanto: Nil-delto
- Esperanto: Nila delto
- Esperanto: Nildelto
- Finnish: Niilin suisto
- Finnish: Niilin suistoalue
- French: Delta du Nil
- French: delta du Nil
- Galician: Delta do Nilo
- Georgian: ნილოსის დელტა
- German: Nildelta
- Greek: Δέλτα του Νείλου
- Hebrew: הדלתא של הנילוס
- Hungarian: Nílus-delta
- Icelandic: Nílarósar
- Indonesian: Delta Nil
- Indonesian: Delta Sungai Nil
- Irish: Deilt na Níle
- Italian: Delta del Nilo
- Japanese: ナイルデルタ
- Japanese: ナイル・デルタ
- Japanese: ナイル三角州
- Japanese: ナイル川デルタ
- Japanese: ナイル川三角州
- Javanese: Delta Kali Nil
- Javanese: Dèlta Kali Nil
- Kabyle: Asafi n Nnil
- Korean: 나일강 삼각주
- Korean: 나일 삼각주
- Latin: Delta Nili
- Limburgan: Nieldelta
- Lithuanian: Nilo delta
- Macedonian: Делта на Нил
- Malagasy: Vinanihefak' i Nily
- Malay: Delta Nil
- Malayalam: നൈൽ ഡെൽറ്റ
- Norwegian: Nildeltaet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nildelta
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nildeltaet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nildeltaet
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܫܦܠܘܗܝ ܕܢܝܠܘܣ
- Persian: دلتای نیل
- Polish: Delta Nilu
- Portuguese: Delta do Nilo
- Romanian: Delta Nilului
- Russian: Дельта Нила
- Russian: дельта Нила
- Scots: Nile Delta
- Serbian: Delta Nila
- Serbian: Делта Нила
- Serbo-Croatian: Delta Nila
- Slovak: Delta Nílu
- Slovenian: Delta Nila
- Slovenian: delta Nila
- Spanish: Delta del Nilo
- Swahili: Delta la Mto Nile
- Swahili: Delta la Nile
- Swedish: Nildeltat
- Swedish: Nile Delta
- Tagalog: Delta Nilo
- Tagalog: Deltang Nilo
- Tagalog: Delta ng Nilo
- Tagalog: Nile Delta
- Tagalog: Nilo Delta
- Tajik: Дилтои Нил
- Tamil: நைல் வடிநிலம்
- Thai: ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำไนล์
- Thai: ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมไนล์
- Turkish: Nil Deltası
- Ukrainian: Дельта Нілу
- Urdu: نیل ڈیلٹا
- Vietnamese: Châu thổ sông Nin
- Waray (Philippines): Delta nga Nilo
- Wu Chinese: 尼罗河三角洲
- Delta ya Nile
- Diltā an Nīl
Localities in the Area
- Kafr al ‘AzīzīyahLocality
- Shubrā MillisLocality
- Mīt HāshimLocality
- Shubrā al YamanLocality
- ‘Izbat MaymūnahLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Maqām Sīdī ŞiddīqShrine, 5 km southwest
- Maqām Sīdī SanadShrine, 7 km south
- Şafţ TurābRailway station, 10 km northwest
- Maqām Sīdī Ḩusayn Abū WāfīShrine, 10 km northwest
- Maqām Sīdī Mu‘ādhShrine, 11 km south
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Nile Delta. Photo: NASA, Public domain.